On the 2011 all-zombie convention in Seattle, the one and only ZomBcon.
We’ve had a busy week this week, following up a weekend-long convention with the second annual ZomBcon show here in our hometown. Not only is this fledgling show part of Seattle’s phenomenal zombie culture, but a number of Night Zero family members were heavily involved with the planning and execution of the event itself. These types of big shows are always a lot of work and a lot of fun for the team, and ZomBcon 2011 was no exception.
Our biggest change this year was the decision to simplify the booth, where we would be offering our popular free HDR photobooth and our exceptional zombie makeup. Having spent three years conventioning with Night Zero, I finally decided that transporting and assembling our chain-link fence backdrop was just too much work to do at every show, so for ZomBcon we stuck with a simple decorative backdrop and the famous Seattle “population zero” sign. Although the fence backdrop is definitively “Night Zero” in style, my experience traveling to the C2E2 convention in Chicago taught me that sometimes it’s okay to stay simple.
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